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No. 7l6 ,795. Patented Dec. 23, I902.

J. H. WARNER.

REGISTER.

IApplication flied May 14, 1902.)

(No Model.)

A TTOHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. WARNER, OF WESTPLAINS, MISSOURI.

REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,795, dated December 23, 1902.

Application filed May 14, 1902. Serial No. 107,234. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. WARNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Westplains, in the county of Howell and State of Missouri, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in registers, and has for an object to provide a reg-.

ister in connection with a cigar-cutter whereby to register the number of cigars cut; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cigar-cutter provided with my register, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-section illustrating the manner in which the back plate fits the top of the base-plate of the cigar-cutter. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the register, the hands and dial-plate being removed; and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view illustrating the sliding operating-bar and the cross-lever connected therewith and the supports and actuating devices for such parts.

The cigar-cutter A has a fixed blade B and the pivoted rocking blade 0, pivoted at C and provided with a projecting pin 0 which serves the double purpose of limiting the movement of the blade 0 and also operating the register.

The register D has a case E fitting over the operating parts and secured to form a case for the operating parts and the dial of the register. This case E has at one side an opening E, through which projects the cross-lever'which connects with the operating-slide, as presently described. The frame-plate F of the register is secured upon the back plate G, which has a shoulder G abutting the edge of the base-plate of the cigarcutter and is secured to the cigar-cutter by means of screws G The frame-plate F has bearings for the main arbor H,- which carries the master-wheel I, toothed for engagement by the pallet and detent, presently described. A frame-bar J is secured at its outer end to the frame-plate F and has at its inner end a bearing for the arbor H. This frame-bar J is spaced away from the frame-plate between its ends, permitting the passage beneath it of the crosslever K, presently described. The arbor H carries the units-hand L, and the multiplying-hand L is carried on an arbor M, having a toothed wheel M arranged to be operated by a spur or projection in connection with the master-wheel I, so the master-wheel will advance. the multiplying-wheel one step at each revolution of the master-wheel. A detent N prevents any retrograde movement of the master-wheel, and said wheel is advanced step by step by means of the cross-lever K, pallet O, the operating-slide R, and the cooperating parts, presently described. The cross-lever K is pivoted at K, extends thence beneath the frame bar J, is provided between its ends with the pallet 0, pivoted at one end 0 to the cross-lever and arranged at its point to engage the teeth of the masterwheel, a keeper 0 overlying the point of the pallet and retaining same in position to engage the master-wheel, and the outer edge of the pallet 0 being recessed at O to receive the point of the spring 0, which spring is held at one end and has its free end deflected to bear within the recess 0 of the pallet and tends to force said pallet into engagement with the master-wheel, the palletsliding along the free end of the spring 0 and being actuated by saidspring into contact with the master-wheel, as shown. The cross-lever is provided at a point between the pallet O and its outer end with an upwardly-projecting portion or post P, perforated at P to receive the free end of the spring-rod Q, which is held at one end to the frame-plate F and fits at its free end in the perforation P in such manner as to readjust the cross-lever and the parts connected therewith to normal position, the

rod sliding through the perforation P, as shown. The outer end of the cross-lever projects through an opening E in the case and is perforated at 7%; to receive the pin or stud R on the operating-slide R. This operatingslide has the arm R carrying the stud R, perforated at r to receive the guide-rod S, which is fixed at one-end S and free at its outer end, so it can conform to the path of the operating-slide, a pin T on the back plate standing adjacent to the free end of the spring S and forming a guide for the operating-slide, the free end of said slide being guided between pins T T and beneath an overlying with an upright arm U, which is in the path of pin on the rocking blade of the cigarcutter, so the said pin as it swings in its are will strike the upright arm U and move the operating-slide longitudinally sufficiently to advance the master-wheel one step.

By the described construction it will be noticed the cigar-maker as he cuts the end of each cigar operates the register, so that he can at a glance determine the number of cigars made, whether the same are made by hand, in bunching means, or otherwise, the register keeping account of the number of cigars cut.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a register substantially as described the combination of the frame-plate, the master-Wheel, the frame-bar, the main arbor secured to the master-wheel and having bearings in the frame-plate and the frame-bar, the multiplying-wheel arranged for operation by the master-wheel, the detent for the master-Wheel, the cross-lever extending beneath the frame-bar, pivoted at its inner end and projecting at its outer end in position for connection with the operating-slide, the pallet pivoted at one end to the cross-lever, arranged at its other end to engage the master-wheel and provided in its outer side with a recess, the actuating-spring arranged at one end to operatein said recess and press the pallet into engagement with the master-wheel, the post or projection on the cross-lever between the pallet and the outer end of said lever and having a perforation for the spring-rod, the spring-rod held at one end and operating at its other end inthe said perforation, and the operating-slide secured to the cross-lever and having an upright arm adapted for engagement and operation by a projecting pin on a rocking cigar-cutter blade, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a register substantially as described of the cross-lever having a pallet for operating the master-wheel,the master-wheel engaged by said pallet, the cross-lever being provided near its outer end with the perforation for the stud on the operatingslide, the operating-slide having a post perforated for the guide-rod and supporting a stud operating in the perforation of the crosslever, the guide-rod fitting in the perforation in the post of the operating-slide whereby the slide is guided at one end, and guide devices tween its ends away from the frame-plate, the

cross-lever extending between the frame-bar and the frame-plate and pivoted at its inner end and provided between its ends with the pallet, the spring for actuating said pallet into engagement with the master-wheel, the spring for retracting the cross-lever, and the operating-slide connected with the cross-lever whereby to operate the same, substantially as set forth.

4:. The improvement in registers herein described, comprising the master-wheel, the main arbor secured to the master-wheel, the frame-plate and frame-bar provided with bearings for the main arbor, a multiplyingwheel arranged for operation by the masterwheel, the detent for the master-Wheel, the pivoted cross-lever, extending beneath the frame-bar and projecting at its other end in position for connection with the operatingslide, the pallet pivoted at one end to the cross-lever, arranged at its other end to engage the master-wheel andprovided with a recess in its outer side, the actuating-spring operating at one end in said recess and arranged to press the pallet into engagement with the master-wheel, the post on the crosslever between the pallet and the outer end of the lever and provided with a perforation, the spring-rod operating atone end in said perforation and suitably held at its other end, and the operating-slide secured to the crosslever and provided with means whereby it may be operated, substantially as set forth.

5. A cigar-cutter having a rocking cuttingblade provided with a pin or projection, and a register supported in connection with the cutter and having an operating-slide provided with an upright arm for engagement by the pin or projection on the rocking cutting-blade whereby as the cutter is swung in operation its pin or projection will operate upon the upright arm of the operating-slide to effect the operation of the register substantially as set forth.

JOHN H. WARNER.

Witnesses:

M. M. FREEMAN, J. S. HOLLOWAY. 

